Typographical composing-machine.



P. T. DODGE. TYPOGRAPHICAL GOMPOSING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 2, 1912.

1,%,938 Patented 0015.7, 1913.

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P. T. DODGE.

TYPOGRAPHICAL GOMPOSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, i912.

Patented 001;. 7, 1913.

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TYPOGRAPHIGAL GOMPOSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JANlZ, 1912.

Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

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PHILIP T. DODGE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOB, TO MERGEN- THALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

. citizen of the United States, and a resident of Washington, in the District of Columbia,

zhaveinvented a new and useful Improve- "ment in- Typographical Composing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to typographical composing machines, such as linotype machines .Of the general organization represented in Letters Patent of the United States, No. 436,532, to O. Mergenthaler, wherein circulating matrices are released from a magazine in the order in which their characters are to appear in print and then assembled in line together with expanding spacers, the composed line transferred. to the face of a mold, the mold filled with molten metal to form a slug or linotype against the matrices which produce the type characters thereon, and the matrices thereafter elevated and returned through a distributing mechanism to the magazine or magazines from which they started. More particularly the invention relates to that class of typographical composing machines in which a series of magazines is employed and which may be shifted so as to bring any selected one into. operative relation to the assembling devices, as shown in my Letters Patent of the United States, No. 800,556. In connection with movable magazines of the kind already referred to, I propose to employ a movable throat or mean for conducting the type or matrices from the distributing mechanism to the magazine in operative position,and in the specific form illustrated and described, I have shown the throat as pivotally mounted, and have also illustrated means whereby when the magazines are moved in one direction to bring any one into operative position, the throat will be moved 1n the opposite direction so as to register with the selected magazine. The magazines are also shown as provided with escapements --connected thereto and movable mth the magazines when the latter are shifted, and in order to permit their free movement without interfering with, or being forced to adjust, the escapement operating means or reeds, I dispose the latter out; of the path of the movable magazines and.1n a plane apart from the escapements, and so Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 7,1913.

Application filed January 2, 1912. Serial No. 668,889.

construct and arrange the said means that their actuation effects the double function,

first of moving them into register with the respective escapements, and secondly, of operatlng the escapements to release the correspondlng type or matrices from the magazlne. These and other improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings 1n preferred form by wayof example, and as applled to a linotype machine, but-obviously many changes and variations may be made therein and in their mode of application without departure from the scope of the invention; and generally speaking I deslre it to be understood that I do not limit myself to any specific form or embodiment,

except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a rear vlew of part of a linotype machine having my invention applied thereto; F ig.

2 is a transverse vertical section thereof; Fig. 3 is a similar view of the upper por tion of the machine, showing the movable throat in a diflerent position; Fig. 4 is a similar view of the lower portion of a maga-; 'zine, etc., showing the escapement operating means in a different position; Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view takensubstantially on the line 55 in Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a detail view on an enlarged scale of the means for shifting the magazines; and Fig. 7 isa detail view showing a modified arrangement of the device for shifting; the escape mentoperating means.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the distributing mechanism is or may be of the usual type, as set forth in the Mergenthaler patent previously referred to, or in the ordinary commercial linotype machine, and comprises the distributor bar or rail A, along which the matrices X are conveyed by the distributer screws A, until they are released therefrom and pass through the throat or conducting means B into the appropriate channels of the magazine in use. In the present instance I have shown two magazines, C and C although any desired or convenient number thereof may be employed, and in order to permit them to be I shifted so as to brin the selected one into operative position, I have mounted them ,in

aframe 'Cflpivotally mounted on the framework at C much in the same manner as set forth in my Letters Patent, No. 800,556,

have also arranged the throat B so that it previously mentioned. It will be obvious that the frame C may be swung about its pivot C so as to bring either magazine, C or C into operative relation to the vertically channeled front or guide .plate 1), through which the released matrices descend to the further devices. by which they are as sembled in line, as in the ordinary linotype machine. The means for effecting the shifting of the magazines are specifically different from those illustrated in my said patent, and comprise in the present instance (see Fig. 6) a hand-lever E mounted upon a rock shaft F, which latter carries arms F preferably provided with rollers in contact with the magazine shift frame C The manual operation of the lever E effects the rotation of the shaft F and arms F carried thereby, so as to move the magazine frame'C about its pivot C and to bring either magazine into operative relation to the assembling devices. The arm E is provided with a springpressed locking device E adapted to engage with notches in the plate E whereby the} selected magazine is locked in position. I

maybe moved about a pivotal support 13 in order that it may be caused to register with the magazine in use, and to permit the matrices X to be delivered thereto as they pass from the distributer rail or bar A. This auxiliary movement of the throat is necessitated by the fact that the pivotal support C of the frame C is located at or near the upper end thereof, and consequently, when it is swung about it, the shifting of the magazines is effected with a very slight relative movement of their upper ends. In other words, when the magazines are piv-' otally moved from one position to another, the effect upon their upper ends is little more than to change their angular relations, and therefore it is necessary.- that thethroat B should be shifted from its former operati-ve position to register with the other magazine. It also follows from this arrangement that when the lower ends of the magazines are thus shifted, the throat must be moved in the opposite direction to cause it to register of the ma azine.

properly. It should also be noted that the" pivotal support B of the throat B is located at or near the upper end thereof and in immediate proximity to the distributing mechanism, so that when the throat is shifted, its upper end is not moved sufiiciently to afiect its operative relation to the distributing mechanism, but will always bein position to receive the matrices therefrom.

In order to effect the movement of the throat conjointly with that of'the magazines, and in the opposite direction thereto, the arm G is mounted upon the rock shaft F and connected by a link G to the elbow leyer G which in turn is connected by the link G: to the throat. When the hand-lever E is manipulated, not only will the magazines be shifted in the manner previously described," but through the connections G, G, G and G the throat will be moved in the opposite direction. This mode of operation'is clearly disclosed in Figsr2 and 3. In Fig. 2 the upper magazine C is shown by full-lines in operative relation to the face plate D and theth'roat B in proper position to deliver the matrices from the distributing mechanism to theisaid magazine. When-the handle E is moved from its full-line to its dotted-line position, the magazines are shifted to their dotted-line position, thereby bringing the magazine G into operative relation to the faceplate, and at the same time the throat B is swung from its full-line posi.-.

.tion to its dotted-line posit-ion in order to register therewith. This latter operative relation of the throat, B to the magazine C is shown in full lines'in Fig. 3-.

In order to permitthe movements of the throat and magazines relatively to each other and in opposite directions, the upper ends of the magazines are suitably formed and curved as shown in the drawings; and still further to prevent the possibility of their contacting or binding during such movements,-I provide the shi'ftin'gmeans with a lost motion device, as illustrated more particularly in Fig. 5. The hubs of the arms F are loosely mounted upon the rock' shaft 'F n and are formed with slots E through which project screws or studs F firmly connected to the rock shaft F. Due to this arrangement, when the'hand-lever E is operated, its first efiect will be to move the arm G, rigidly mounted thereon, and thus to initiate the movement of the throat B before the magazines are aifected. The magazine shifting arms F will not be operatively moved until the screws; F on the rock shaftF engage with the ends of the slots F. In this manner and because of the commencement of the movement, of a the throat before that of the magazine, I obviate any liability to the interference of the lower end of the throatwiththeupper ends Each 0 the magazines is provided with escapement devices H, which may beof any des red or known form, although in the drawings they are shown as of the one-piece variety familiar in the art; While there is a plurality of seriesi'ofj such iescapements, a

'single'seriesof operatin means or reeds is employed in connection t erewith, and these -:operating means or reedsv are arranged in a plane outside of and apart from the escapements, and out of the 'p'ath of the magazines, so thatthe latter may be shifted without ec'ial' manipulation of the reeds to clear t e magazines, as is sometimes necessary.

The reeds or escapement operating means are or may be actuated longitudinally'in the ""lS-tiiii the reeds are formed in 1 et us, an n pper section J and a lower set {ion .5", "he two parts being connected by a join which permits a slight lateral moveot' the upper section J. Loosely coned to each section J is a link J which is p till mounted in the framework, In .heir ordinary condition the sections J occupy the position shown in Fig. 2, in a plane apart tron: the escapen'ients H and out of the p; h of the shit'tablc n'iagazines. Due to this arrangement and position, it will be obvious that the magazines are at all times tree to be shifted without interference with tlurrewls. ,Vhen the reeds are longitudinally actuated in the manner previously ,re-

'i'er "Kl to, and due. to the connected pivoted l nk the sections J Wlll partake of two 'n'un'eznents, first a lateral one which brings tl c section 5 under and in operative relation to the escapcment H, and second a continued longitudinal movement which operates the cscapement in the usual. manner, as shown in Fig. 4. When the reeds are returned in the opposite direction they will again assume their normal position as shown in Fig. 2. p

l1; Fig. '1' l have shown an alternative constrnction, wherein the reeds J are made in a glc piece, and their lateral movement to bring them into operative. relation to the oscapements is secured by a laterally shitt able ,i juidc J which may be actuated in any desired manner its ueviously statechl have shown my in vention in preferred form by way of example, but obviously there Will be many changes and variations therein and in their mode of application, which will suggest hemselves to those skilled in the art and still be comprised Within its spirit.

Having thus described my invention, its construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent ot the UnitedStates is-as follows:

1. In ai typographical composing machine, the combination of distributing mechanism, asseinblii'ig' devices, a plurality of magazines movable to bring a selected one into operative relation to the assembling de *ices, and an independent single throat moved con j ntly with the magazines to connect the d strihuting mechanism with the magazine in operative position.

2. In a typo :aphical con'iposing machine, the combination of distriln'iting mechanism,

I assembling devices, a plurality of magazines in ovable to bring a selected one into operative relatmn to the assembling devices, and an independent; throat movable to connect the distrilmting mechanisn'l with the magazine in operative position, together with means for moving the magazines and the conjointly. 1 a

In a typographical composing machine, the combination of distributing mechanisn'i,

throat assembling devices, aplurality of magazines.

movable in one direction to bring a selected one into opera tive relation to the assembling devices, and a single throat-automatically and conjointly moved in the opposite directicn to connect the distributing mechanism with the magazine in operative position.

l. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of distributing mechanism, assembling dcvices, a pivotally mounted series of magazines movable tobring a selected one into operative relation to the assembling devices, and a single pivotally mounted, throat moved conjointly with the magazines'to connect the distributing mechanism ith the magazine in operative position.

5. In a typographical composing machine, I the combinat on of distributing mechanism,

assembling devioes, a pivotally niounted series of magazines movable in one direction to bring a selected one into operative relation to the assembling devices, and a pivotally mounted throat automatically and convjointly moved in the oppositedirection to connect the distributing mechanism with the magazine in operative position.

6. In a typographical composing machlne,

the combination of distributing mechanism,

assembling devices, a pivotally mounted series of magazines movable to bring a selected one into operative relation to the assembling devices, and a pivotally mounted throat movable to connect the distributing" mechanism with the magazine in operative position, together With means for conjointly moving the series of magazines and the throat about their respective pivots.

7. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of distributing mechanism, assembling devices, a plurality of magazines movable to bring a selected oneinto operative relation to the assembling devices, and a throat movable to connect the distributing mechanism With the magazine in op crative position, together with conjoint means for moving the magazines and the threat, the said'means being constructed to permit the partial shifting of the throat slightly in advance of that of the magazines,

8. In a typographical composing machine,

the combination of assembling devices, a

plurality of magazines movable to'bring any one into operative relation to the assembling devices, and a single throat for delivering matrices .to the magazines, said throat being automatically positioned when the magazines are moved.

9. In a. typographical composing machine,

the combination of distributing mechanism, assembling devices, a plurality of magazines movable to bring a selected'one into operative relation to the assembling devices, and a single throat for conducting the type or matrices from the distributing mechanism to the magazine in operative position, the said throat being automatically positioned when the magazines are moved.

10. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of distributing mechs anism assembling devices, a plurality of magazines movable to bring a selected one into operative relation to the assembling devices, and a throat moved conjointly with and relatively to the magazines to connect the distributing mechanism with the one in operative position.

11. In a. typographical composing machine, the combination of a magazine, a series of escapements, and operating means for the said escapements normally out of operative relation thereto, the said means being capable of two different movements, in one direction to bring them into such operative relation, and in another direction to operate the escapements, the former action being controlled by the latter.

12.111 a typographical composing machine, the combination of a magazine, a se ries of escapements, and operating means for the said escapements normally out of operative relation thereto. the said means being capable of two difierent movements, laterally to bring them into such operative relation, and longitudinally to operate the escapements, the former action being controlled by the latter.

13. In a typographical composing ma .chine, the combination of a magazine, a series of escapements and a corresponding series of longitudinally movable reeds for operating the eseapements, the said reeds being laterally removed from the escapements and being provided with pivoted links whereby they are shifted laterally to engage. the escapements when longitudinally actuated.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this 21st day of December, .1911, in the presence of two attesting Witnesses.

PHILIP T. DODGE.

Witnesses:

E. J. LAMB, WALTER MOBLARD.

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